Flood-gate.



No. 697,!59/ Patented Apr. 8, i902.

' J. H. OGLE.

FLO0D GATE.

(Application filed may 24, 1901 (No Model.)

STATES AENT OFFICE.

JOHN IIORTEN OGLE, OF WINDFALL, INDIANA.

FLOOD-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 697,159, dated April8, 1902.

Application filed May 24:, 1901 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HORTEN OGLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at WVindfall,' in the county of Tipton and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flood-Gates and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to what are commonly termed flood-gates; and itconsists in certain novel features of combination and construction ofparts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, made a part of this application.

The object of my invention is to so suspend a gate or a series of gatesacross a stream of water that the same will prevent stock from passingfrom one field to another, though at the same time permit the water toflow freely in the channel of the stream.

A further object of my invention is to enable the slack or saggingcondition of the cable or cables upon which the gates are suspended tobe taken up and again made taut. Otherobjects and advantages will bemade fully apparent from the following specification, considered inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my invention complete as applied to use. Fig. 2 is adetail View showing simple means which may be employed in uniting thetwo cooperating cables. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail View illustratingthe device employed to tighten the cables when they have become saggedor slackened by use.

The elements of myinvention and their cooperating accessories will forconvenience be designated by numerals, of which 1 and 2 represent themain or cable supporting posts, which are properly reinforced andsustained in place by means of the bracing-cables 3 and 4, the latterbeing designed to hold the strain incident to a flood in the stream.

The main cable or support 5 for the gates is properly connected in anypreferred way, as by the eyebolts G,said bolts being held in posi-Serial No. 61,744, (No model.)

tion by being extended through a suitable aperture in the posts 1 and 2and engaged by a not 7 or otherwise. The main cable is reinforced andsustained by the auxiliary cable 8, also secured by means of eyebolts 9to the posts 1 and 2, the location of the auxiliary cable being abovethe main cable, as clearly shown. The flood-gates proper may be made inanypreferred way and of anysuit-able material and preferably consist ofthe frame-sections 10 and the intermediate sections 11, connected to themain sections in any preferred way, as by the cross-bars 12.

To the upper ends of the main sections 10 I pivotally connect thebrackets or yokes 13, which are adapted to extend over the main cable 5,and thus hold the gates properly sus pended, so that the lower endsthereof will extend downward in the water almost in contact with thebottom of the channel.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated how the main and auxiliary cables may beconveniently united, preferably at their middle portions, in such a waythat the auxiliary cable will brace and sustain the main cable, theconnecting device comprising the tubular section 14:, designed toreceive a' contiguous part of the main cable. The tubular section 14 isprovided upon its upper side with the extension 15, provided with asuitable aperture designed to receive a contiguous part of the auxiliarycable 8. This simple means of connecting the two cables will obviate thenecessity of binding the same at this point, as by extending a rope orwire around them, as is common.

The device illustrated in Fig. 2 may be modified so as to have theintegral extension or handle portion 16 connected to the member 15, thesaid extension 16 also having the threaded terminal or stem 17, designedto fit an aperture 18, provided in the controllinghandle 19, the saidhandle being secured in position on said stem, as by the nut 20.

The handle 19 is so secured upon the stem 17 that it may be readilyturned, so as to extend parallel with the member 14 or at right anglesthereto, and when mounted in the position shown in Fig. 1 it is obviousthat the handle 19 may be drawn downward, said handle being so disposedthat it will readily pass through between the middle framesections 10,and by said means the two cables may be tightly twisted, so as to takeup or compensate for any slacking or sagging incident to the use of thegate. After the two cables have been thus twisted to the desired degreethe handle 19 will be so disposed that its extreme ends will each bearagainst a contiguous frame-section 10, and thus prevent the handle fromagain moving upward and causing the cables to unwind.

I desire in this applicationto comprehend the use of the deviceillustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 or the simple device shown in Fig. 2, as Imay find most expedient and desirable in practice.

If deemed desirable, auxiliary cable-supporting posts 21 for the maincable may be erected, preferably at the edge of the stream, the walls oredge of the stream being reinforced and sustained in any preferred way,

as by a wooden or stone wall 22.

It is thought from the foregoing description, considered in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, that the construction and use of myimproved flood-gate will be made fully apparent, and While I havedescribed the preferred combination and construction of parts I desireto comprehend in this application all such substantial equivalents andsubstitutes as may be considered to fall fairly within the scope of myinvention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with cablesupporting posts, of a main cable securedthereto, an auxiliary cable connected to said supportingposts, gateshaving supporting means suspended on the main cable, and means fortwisting together the main and auxiliary cables at their middleportions, said means connecting said cables, as set forth.

2. The combination with the cable-supporting posts, of a main cableconnected at its ends to said posts, an auxiliary cable also connectedto said posts, gates suspended from the main cable, a tubular sect-ionthrough which the main cable passes, an extension on said tubularsection through which the auxiliary cable passes, and a handle portionwith stem and controlling handle, said handle being adapted to be turnedto twist together the cables, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HORTEN OGLE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE A. MoCoLLEY, W. J. BAKER.

